Bad news, but also a great weekend
James is going to pick up Hunter. Apparently he got loose while I was in St. Louis with him. This is the second time this has happened so that is not good. I am just having to face reality that we have to find him another home, we cannot keep him much longer :( It makes me very sad, I love the dog as much as he drives me crazy sometimes. I will miss him like crazy too. But considering I am moving to SC in August, and James will soon follow, we cannot find a rental that has a yard for him. I cannot imagine living in a apartment and having to walk him because he needs to be able to run. He is a husky and extremely hyper, he needs more then just a couple walks a day. He loves it outside too, so being stuck inside most of the day would not make him happy.
It makes me sad :( I wish I knew someone who could take him, but I don't. I refuse to post an ad to get rid of him and I refuse to take him to the shelter. I am going to look for husky rescue groups in the state. I need to know he goes to a good home. He is very hyper and defiant, and before we got him, we ar esure he was abused. He is hard to handle, and I am afraid someone might take him because he is absolutely beautiful, and not realize that he is a handful to put up with, and they make hit him or be mean to him. I need to know he is not abused. He loves kids and other dogs, and love to play with cats, so he is not a threat at all. He has never been mean, always very loving to everyone he meets. I am wanting to cry just thinking about giving him away :(
Saturday stuff
On to other news, St. Louis was great. I went up after work on Saturday to work a wedding. I never drove downtown before and actually, did great. I had no trouble finding it or anything. We met at the company, and it wasn't far from where I grew up, but of course, there were new businesses such as a Walgreens and an Applebees that were never there when I was a child. I had catered before, but this was a large wedding. Daughter of a vice-president of some company. I got along with everyone just fine, and the owner made me feel special. He comes up to me before it starts and says "So you are the future Mrs. R (actually uses James last name)". He has known his family for years, and watched James grow up. I worked directly with him during the reception, and he said I did wonderful and they would be glad to have me come back. They actually had two wedding receptions in the same venue (I believe it was a building in St. Louis University's campus in downtown St. Louis). They had a total of 5 weddings they were working at the same time, one in a nearby park and the other at The Butterfly House. It almost made me want a traditional wedding even though nothing about James and I are traditional :-p
After the wedding, I actually knew how to get to James dad house all on my own. I am finally figuring St. Louis out and I am leaving it in August. How ironic is that. I got to James close to midnight, and I was starving, so I settled on Steak & Shake though I rarely eat fast food anymore. I slept good too, I was exhausted from my 14 hour workday!
A wonderful Sunday with my sweetie :) It was awesome...
We slept in, had some cuddle time because we missed each other and took a shower together on Sunday morning. His dad was at their lake house, so we had the place to ourselves ;) We never ate breakfast and stopped at White Castles for lunch. We went to Six Flags since we have seasons passes and we had a blast. However, as we were getting our food, I told James that last time we wqent to Six Flags (3 years ago) we had White Castle before going. He laughed and asked if I remembered what I said later that day, and I didn't. I had said "Let's never eat White Castles before coming to Six Flags ever again." it made us feel ill. We rode every roller coaster they had (the lines were not long at all, some of the we got right on). James had never ridden Mr. Freeze before, and was scared, but he rode it and love it. It is sad, I am the brave one in this relationship. He compared the take off on the ride to drag racing, something I think I may even want to try someday. They improved it, so it didn't hurt you head as much, which made me happy.
We rode this 12 story tower that takes you up and drops you. I am afraid of heights, at least when you are sitting still. Moving, such as an airplane or roler coaster, I am fine, but I hate to be sitting up high. However, it didn't bother me too much, and I was actually very dissapointed. I love the feeling of free falling and you actually did not get that as much as you do on some of the coasters. (If you can't tell, I am a huge thrill seeker lol)
We also rode the log flume, which is a family ride that you get a little wet on. Afterwards, we went to the water cannons which let you fire at people on the ride. It cost a quarter per shot, I had $.75, so we practiced and actually got the last group. It made me feel like kids again, and James was so cute, it was probably my favorite memory of the day.
We rode Tidal Wave, and silly me, decided to stand on the bridge and get even more soaked. There were two tiny girls with me, couldn't be older then 5 or 6, they were adorable. I realized what a stupid idea this was as the boat was coming down. I got so freaking soaked! James was smart and didn't do it. It was so cold afterwards. Just as I dried off, we went on Thunder River, where you can get wet, but not always, and usually not too much. However, today was our day I guess, we both got soaked. We left after that, so our car seats got soaked!
Well James got home with Hunter, so I am off. Sorry for such a long novel of an entry!
It makes me sad :( I wish I knew someone who could take him, but I don't. I refuse to post an ad to get rid of him and I refuse to take him to the shelter. I am going to look for husky rescue groups in the state. I need to know he goes to a good home. He is very hyper and defiant, and before we got him, we ar esure he was abused. He is hard to handle, and I am afraid someone might take him because he is absolutely beautiful, and not realize that he is a handful to put up with, and they make hit him or be mean to him. I need to know he is not abused. He loves kids and other dogs, and love to play with cats, so he is not a threat at all. He has never been mean, always very loving to everyone he meets. I am wanting to cry just thinking about giving him away :(
Saturday stuff
On to other news, St. Louis was great. I went up after work on Saturday to work a wedding. I never drove downtown before and actually, did great. I had no trouble finding it or anything. We met at the company, and it wasn't far from where I grew up, but of course, there were new businesses such as a Walgreens and an Applebees that were never there when I was a child. I had catered before, but this was a large wedding. Daughter of a vice-president of some company. I got along with everyone just fine, and the owner made me feel special. He comes up to me before it starts and says "So you are the future Mrs. R (actually uses James last name)". He has known his family for years, and watched James grow up. I worked directly with him during the reception, and he said I did wonderful and they would be glad to have me come back. They actually had two wedding receptions in the same venue (I believe it was a building in St. Louis University's campus in downtown St. Louis). They had a total of 5 weddings they were working at the same time, one in a nearby park and the other at The Butterfly House. It almost made me want a traditional wedding even though nothing about James and I are traditional :-p
After the wedding, I actually knew how to get to James dad house all on my own. I am finally figuring St. Louis out and I am leaving it in August. How ironic is that. I got to James close to midnight, and I was starving, so I settled on Steak & Shake though I rarely eat fast food anymore. I slept good too, I was exhausted from my 14 hour workday!
A wonderful Sunday with my sweetie :) It was awesome...
We slept in, had some cuddle time because we missed each other and took a shower together on Sunday morning. His dad was at their lake house, so we had the place to ourselves ;) We never ate breakfast and stopped at White Castles for lunch. We went to Six Flags since we have seasons passes and we had a blast. However, as we were getting our food, I told James that last time we wqent to Six Flags (3 years ago) we had White Castle before going. He laughed and asked if I remembered what I said later that day, and I didn't. I had said "Let's never eat White Castles before coming to Six Flags ever again." it made us feel ill. We rode every roller coaster they had (the lines were not long at all, some of the we got right on). James had never ridden Mr. Freeze before, and was scared, but he rode it and love it. It is sad, I am the brave one in this relationship. He compared the take off on the ride to drag racing, something I think I may even want to try someday. They improved it, so it didn't hurt you head as much, which made me happy.
We rode this 12 story tower that takes you up and drops you. I am afraid of heights, at least when you are sitting still. Moving, such as an airplane or roler coaster, I am fine, but I hate to be sitting up high. However, it didn't bother me too much, and I was actually very dissapointed. I love the feeling of free falling and you actually did not get that as much as you do on some of the coasters. (If you can't tell, I am a huge thrill seeker lol)
We also rode the log flume, which is a family ride that you get a little wet on. Afterwards, we went to the water cannons which let you fire at people on the ride. It cost a quarter per shot, I had $.75, so we practiced and actually got the last group. It made me feel like kids again, and James was so cute, it was probably my favorite memory of the day.
We rode Tidal Wave, and silly me, decided to stand on the bridge and get even more soaked. There were two tiny girls with me, couldn't be older then 5 or 6, they were adorable. I realized what a stupid idea this was as the boat was coming down. I got so freaking soaked! James was smart and didn't do it. It was so cold afterwards. Just as I dried off, we went on Thunder River, where you can get wet, but not always, and usually not too much. However, today was our day I guess, we both got soaked. We left after that, so our car seats got soaked!
Well James got home with Hunter, so I am off. Sorry for such a long novel of an entry!